# aisling
## English
### Etymology

From Irish aisling.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈæʃlɪŋ/

### Noun

aisling (plural aislings)
* A kind of Irish poem, developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries, in which Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, lamenting the state of the Irish people and predicting the revival of their fortunes.

### Anagrams

* Gilanis, ailings, nilgais, sailing

## Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish aislinge f (“vision, dream”).

### Pronunciation

* (Cork, Waterford) IPA: /ˈaʃlʲɪɲ/
* (Kerry) IPA: /ˈaʃlʲənʲ/
* (Connacht, Ulster) IPA: /ˈaʃl̠ʲən̠ʲ/

### Noun

aisling f (genitive singular aislinge, nominative plural aislingí)
* dream, vision
* (poetry) vision poem
* verbal noun of aisling

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
aisling
aislingí
vocative
a aisling
a aislingí
genitive
aislinge
aislingí
dative
aisling
aislingí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an aisling
na haislingí
genitive
na haislinge
na n-aislingí
dative
leis an aisling don aisling
leis na haislingí :

#### Synonyms

* (dream): brionglóid
* (vision): fís

#### Derived terms

* aisling bhréige f (“false apparition; empty dream”)
* aislingeach (“visionary; dreamy”, adjective)
* aislingeach m (“visionary; day-dreamer”)
* aislingeacht f (“(act of) day-dreaming; dreaminess”)

### Verb

aisling (present analytic aislingeann, future analytic aislingfidh, verbal noun aisling, past participle aislingthe)
* (rare, literary) dream of, see in a dream; have a vision of, see in a vision

#### Conjugation

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | aislingim | aislingeann tú; aislingir$^†$ | aislingeann sé, sí | aislingimid | aislingeann sibh | aislingeann siad; aislingid$^†$ | a aislingeann; a aislingeas / a n-aislingeann* | aislingtear |
| indicative | past | d'aisling mé; d'aislingeas / aisling mé‡; aislingeas‡ | d'aisling tú; d'aislingis / aisling tú; aislingis‡ | d'aisling sé, sí / aisling sé, sí‡ | d'aislingeamar; d'aisling muid / aislingeamar; aisling muid‡ | d'aisling sibh; d'aislingeabhair / aisling sibh; aislingeabhair‡ | d'aisling siad; d'aislingeadar / aisling siad; aislingeadar‡ | a d'aisling / ar aisling* | aislingeadh; haislingeadh$^†$ |
| indicative | past habitual | d'aislinginn / aislinginn‡; n-aislinginn‡‡ | d'aislingteá / aislingteá‡; n-aislingteá‡‡ | d'aislingeadh sé, sí / aislingeadh sé, sí‡; n-aislingeadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'aislingimis; d'aislingeadh muid / aislingimis; aislingeadh muid‡; n-aislingimis‡‡; n-aislingeadh muid‡‡ | d'aislingeadh sibh / aislingeadh sibh‡; n-aislingeadh sibh‡‡ | d'aislingidís; d'aislingeadh siad / aislingidís; aislingeadh siad‡; n-aislingidís‡‡; n-aislingeadh siad‡‡ | a d'aislingeadh / a n-aislingeadh* | d'aislingtí / aislingtí‡; n-aislingtí‡‡ |
| future | future | aislingfidh mé; aislingfead | aislingfidh tú; aislingfir$^†$ | aislingfidh sé, sí | aislingfimid; aislingfidh muid | aislingfidh sibh | aislingfidh siad; aislingfid$^†$ | a aislingfidh; a aislingfeas / a n-aislingfidh* | aislingfear |
| conditional | conditional | d'aislingfinn / aislingfinn‡; n-aislingfinn‡‡ | d'aislingfeá / aislingfeá‡; n-aislingfeá‡‡ | d'aislingfeadh sé, sí / aislingfeadh sé, sí‡; n-aislingfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | d'aislingfimis; d'aislingfeadh muid / aislingfimis‡; aislingfeadh muid‡; n-aislingfimis‡‡; n-aislingfeadh muid‡‡ | d'aislingfeadh sibh / aislingfeadh sibh‡; n-aislingfeadh sibh‡‡ | d'aislingfidís; d'aislingfeadh siad / aislingfidís‡; aislingfeadh siad‡; n-aislingfidís‡‡; n-aislingfeadh siad‡‡ | a d'aislingfeadh / a n-aislingfeadh* | d'aislingfí / aislingfí‡; n-aislingfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go n-aislinge mé; go n-aislingead$^†$ | go n-aislinge tú; go n-aislingir$^†$ | go n-aislinge sé, sí | go n-aislingimid; go n-aislinge muid | go n-aislinge sibh | go n-aislinge siad; go n-aislingid$^†$ | — | go n-aislingtear |
| subjunctive | past | dá n-aislinginn | dá n-aislingteá | dá n-aislingeadh sé, sí | dá n-aislingimis; dá n-aislingeadh muid | dá n-aislingeadh sibh | dá n-aislingidís; dá n-aislingeadh siad | — | dá n-aislingtí |
| imperative | imperative | aislingim | aisling | aislingeadh sé, sí | aislingimis | aislingigí; aislingidh$^†$ | aislingidís | — | aislingtear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | aisling | aisling | aisling | aisling | aisling | aisling | aisling | aisling |
| past participle | past participle | aislingthe | aislingthe | aislingthe | aislingthe | aislingthe | aislingthe | aislingthe | aislingthe |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡ dependent form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis (except an)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aislinge”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “aislingid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aisling”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 19
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aisling”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aisling”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “aisling”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
* “aisling”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology

From Old Irish aislinge f (“vision, dream”).

### Pronunciation

* (Uist, Skye, Wester Ross) IPA: /ˈaʃʎɪkʲ/
* (Barra) IPA: [ˈæʃlɪkʲ]

### Noun

aisling f (genitive singular aislinge, plural aislingean)
* dream, vision
* verbal noun of aisling

#### Synonyms

* bruadar

#### Derived terms

* aisling-chadail (“night's dream”)aisling-chonnain (“erotic dream”)

### Verb

aisling (past aisling, future aislingidh, verbal noun aisling, past participle aislingte)
* (uncommon as a verb) dream

#### Synonyms

* (more common) bruadair
* bruadaraich

### References

* ↑ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎, Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
* ↑ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966) Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
* ↑ Rev. C. M. Robertson (1902) “Skye Gaelic”, in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, Volume XXIII: 1898-99‎, Gaelic Society of Inverness, pages 54-88
* ↑ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
* ↑ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap